João Batista Costa
João Batista Costa SDB (born December 22, 1902 in Luiz Alves , Santa Catarina , Brazil , † April 17, 1996 in Porto Velho ) was a Brazilian religious and Roman Catholic bishop of Porto Velho .
Life
João Batista Costa joined the order of the Salesians of Don Bosco and was ordained a priest on July 9, 1933 .
Pope Pius XII appointed him on October 1, 1946 titular bishop of Scilium and appointed him coadjutor of the territorial prelature Porto Velho. He was ordained bishop by the Archbishop of São Paulo , Cardinal Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcelos Motta on November 30, 1946. Co -consecrators were Bishop Pedro Massa SDB, Prelate of Rio Negro in the Amazon region, and Bishop José Selva e Amaral SDB, Prelate of Registro do Araguaia .
He attended the first and fourth sessions of the Second Vatican Council as a council father. On May 26, 1978, he renounced his titular seat due to the changed allocation guidelines.
Pope John Paul II appointed him with the elevation of the prelature Porto Velho to the diocese on December 4, 1979 as the first - and also the last - diocesan bishop of the diocese, which was raised to the archbishopric on June 9, 1982 after his age-related retirement.
Web links
- Entry on João Batista Costa on catholic-hierarchy.org
- "Dom João Batista Costa - Bispo Prelado e Diocesano de Porto Velho"
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| --- |
Bishop of Porto Velho 1946–1982 |
José Martins da Silva |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Costa, João Batista |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian religious, Roman Catholic bishop of Porto Velho |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 22, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Luiz Alves , Santa Catarina , Brazil |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 17, 1996 |
| Place of death | Porto Velho , Brazil |